每日170216-17

p.s 这是每日练习，错误百出，期待进步

what are the new rules?

何为新规则？

something deep must need fixing

沟壑须填

By Henry Walker

this last election flummoxed me,

最近的选举搅乱我，

somehow the other side from me,

从莫名那一面的我

like a too indulgent parent,

好似太纵容的父母

never seemed bothered by actions and words

从不被行为和言语困扰

that would have doomed a candidate I would support:

那将是我注定支持的候选人：

Michael Dukakis wore a helmet in a tank,

Michael Dukakis在坦克上戴着头盔

and lost the potential Presidency,

失去了总统（参选）的可能性

John Kerry acknowledged that he was for something,

John Kerry承认了和他相关的事实

and then against it,

又矢口否认（和它对立）

and lost the potential Presidency,

也失去了总统（参选）的可能性

Edmund Muskie cried, once,

Edmund Muskie又一次哭泣，

Vermont Governor Howard Dean screamed, once,

Vermont州州长Howard Dean的一次咆哮

Al Gore took too much credit for his real work as to the Internet,

对于他真实的工作（花费了太多的信用），Gore在因特网上已无信可言

and they all lost the potential Presidency,

他们都失去了成为总统的可能

Donald Trump said and did countless things,

Donald Trump说出了、做出了那无数

far worse in my value system,

在我看来（价值观中）糟透了的事情

and wins the Presidency,

却赢得了总统的宝座

how dysfunctional our government, economy, and culture must be

for our country to suspend disbelief

and vote for hope in a person

在这个国，这是怎样病入膏肓的政府，经济和文化才会将希望去信任和投票在一个人身上

for whom I can not yet figure any path he can find

to lead us to a better future,

我无法预计他能发现引领我们抵达美好未来的路

the way the other half of the country

（这个国度四分五裂？？）

seems so sure will be our way forward,

似乎明明白白将是我们前进的方向

something deep surely must be broken,

一些信仰将破碎

for so many to confound conventional wisdom.

很多传统将变得迷茫